February 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Capitalisation of titles in headers
by Elliot Clifton 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Hi, I want to ensure that the titles displayed in the header always begin with a capital letter regarless of any truncation with \nomarking.. I tried the following in my environment but it doesn't work: \setupheadertexts[\Cap{\getmarking[Title][current]}][Author] What should I use? Thanks, Elliot

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$\to$: addendum
by andrea valle 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Ah, also $\rightarrow$ doesn't work -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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$\to$ doesn't work anymore
by andrea valle 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Hi to all, I've always used $\to$ to create arrows in my presentations. After last update I have an undefined control sequence arrow. I can use $\rigtharrow$ but cannot understand... Thaks Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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columns in framedtext
by Hans van der Meer 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

It seems not possible to typeset in columns (\startcolumns[n=3]... \stopcolumns) within a \startframedtext...\stopframedtext. It all comes out in one long column. How can I accomplish this? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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bib question
by Patrick Gundlach 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Hello out there, I use Taco's bib module and have a question concering labels/numbering. In the text I use \cite[knuth:texbook] and want to have a label like [1]. In the list of publications I have all bib entries also labeled [1], [2], ... but the ordering in the textbody is incorrect. The first citation in the text is labeled [6] while the corresponding entry in the list of publications it is labeled [1]. The number 6 probably comes from the bib database, where [knuth:texbook] is the 6th entry. So, how do I get [1] both in the place where I cite [knuth:texbook] and in the list of publications? Thanks, Patrick ---------------------------------------- \usemodule[bib] \def\EckNummer#1{[#1]} \chardef\urlhyphenmethod=1 \setuppublications [sorttype=cite, refcommand=number, criterium=used, numbering=yes, numbercommand=\EckNummer, ] \setupbibtex [database=../bib/umbruchlit, ] \setuppublicationlist [before=\blank, ] ---------------------------------------- -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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metafun: problems, problems & problems again
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hello, This metafun will soon drive me crazy. 1. I can't make textext work Once upon a time I only had problems in MikTeX, now standone is causing me problems as well. I have: - write18 / -shell-escape enabled - \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue \useMETAFUNformattrue \protectbufferstrue enabled (I don't know where to look further). But I still get no figures at all under MikTeX and "undefined" labels with the standalone. 2. mptopdf doesn't work under MikTeX (as already mentioned), but that's not so critical since I can still use texmfstart or write my own .bat file to run it 3. metafun reformats the whole metapost source (including that in verbatin) and so you can never predict what will come out; often the TeX commands fail to work and while it's possible to easily debug plain metapost sources, metafun swallows most of the error warnings somehow, so you don't get any output, but no error reports either. 4. I have problems with \loadfontfilesoncetrue. I searched through mailing list archives and found out that that problems was already present in 2002 and that someone solved it by deleting all ConTeXt files from MikTeX. I don't understand why since I have fresh MikTeX distribution on the computer, but I'll try that. 5. I hoped to be able to use gnuplot with context terminal, but the file I produced crashes pdfetex 1.30.3--2.2 (in stand-alone distro). 1.21a under MikTeX doesn't crash, but since there is no output it might be that the older version never gets to the point where it would crash. A very rare event. The files that make the pdftex crash are located here: http://pub.mojca.org/gnuplot/pdftex-crash/ Thanks a lot for any help & suggestions, Mojca

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links down
by andrea valle 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hi to all, I'm having many of these while searching for sample in contextgarden: request http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mag-0001.pdf cannot be honored Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] Context Bibtex Bug?!?
by Hans Hagen 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Taco Hoekwater wrote: ... forwarded mail ... >> to ntg-context, since my subscribe request didn't get accepted by a >> moderator until now (sent one week ago). > > Hans, can you check please? weird, there were some 10 subscriptions and lots of pending mails and i didn't get a message from mailman (maybe for a week) but did get them fro other lists; maybe some spam filtering? if someone smells problems ... let me know Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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bib module bug?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear Taco and the rest of the gang, There seems to be a problem with the \cite when encountering \penalty1000: ConTeXt ver: 2006.01.28 10:09 fmt: 2006.1.29 In the following example if you uncomment %\def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{\cite[alternative=authoryears,left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}][#1]} Then you will get the error: ========================================= ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \penalty \nonbreakablespace ->\penalty \!!tenthousand \ <argument> ...=authoryears,left={}, right={, vol.~ 2, p.~605--6)},inbetween={... \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded \docite ...on [\csname @@pv#2compress\endcsname ]} [ \v!yes =>\bibcitecompre... l.52 ...eauthoroutpage[jamil04][vol.~2, p.~605--6] . I ? ======================================== This used to compile just fine. I am now in the terrible position of having to make last-minute editorial changes to a manuscript I sent to the publishers months ago, and at the same time be on the guard for new ConTeXt errors! :-(( I switched all my bib macros (like \citeauthoroutpage) to the \cite style of the above definition, and I really don't want to change back to the \setupcite style and have to debug this all over again... Thank you in advance for your help!! Best Idris ============================================ % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] % #1 = firstname, #2 = von, #3 = surname, #4 = inits, #5 = junior \def\invertedshortauthor#1#2#3#4#5% {\bibdoif{#2}{#2 }% #3% \bibdoif{#5}{ #5}% \bibdoif{#4}{, #4\unskip}}% \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \setupcite[authoryears][inbetween={ }] \setupcite[year][inbetween={ }] \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{\cite[alternative=authoryears,left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}][#1]} \startpublication[k=jamil04, t=phdthesis, a=Al-Jamil, y=2004, s=] \author[]{Tariq}[]{}{Al-Jamil} \title{Cooperation and Contestation in Medieval Baghdad (656/1258--786/1384): Relationships Between Shii and Sunni Scholars in the Mad\=ina\~tu \~a\~l-Sal\=am} \pubname{Princeton University (PhD. Dissertation)} \pubyear{2004} \stoppublication \starttext An entry recorded in the work of the eighth century Sunni{} biographer and chronicler, Ab\=u~Bakr ibn A\.hmad ibn Qad\=i \v Suhba\~h, demonstrates the ambiguous nature of religious identity and affiliation as it was constructed in contemporary sources from the period. Ibn~Qad\=i \v Suhba\~h's narrative proceeds as follows: \footnote{\citeauthoroutpage[jamil04][vol.~2, p.~605--6]. I have been unable to confirm this entry in the two Sunni{} biographies mentioned in the text, Ibn~Rajab and Ibnu~\~al-Fuwat\~i. It is also worth noting that Ibn~Q\=ad\=i \v Suhba\~h was writing about events taking place in Baghdad from Damascus. Perhaps, the geographical distance from of the author from the events and sites being described is worthy of consideration. } \stoptext ============================================

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Heading next to figure
by Volker Mische 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hi! I hope this message won't be double posted, as I tried to send it already when i wasn't a member of this list. I have a floating figure (\placefigure) on the right side of the page. Now I'd like to have some text with headings (\subject in my case) next to it. The problem is, that the headings start below the figure, and not next to it. Is there a way to avoid that spacing and have the headings next to the figure? -Volker.

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